This Day in Failure: June 7

2017: The Museum of Failure opens in Helsingborg, Sweden. The underlying message of the museum is that we can all learn from failure, that even the largest multinational companies fail spectacularly, and that business executives have the most to gain from an appreciation of failure. To learn more, see the Museum of Failure in Photos.

2001: Microsoft’s online magazine Slate.com publishes a fabricated story about “monkeyfishing,” which involves using fishing poles to catch primates in the Florida Keys.